I was taking a group of building service engineers through the 18th. We were discussing the use of Appendix 5. One chap was very exercised about the BA3 category which is described as utilization-capability-handicapped. He claims the latter word was exorcised from common parlance years ago and would be offensive to many. I am not that politically correct but maybe he has a valid argument,.
... presumably now that children as school with problems are called 'special needs'.
This horrid phrase, which was introduced as a euphemism, is derived from the issuing of a statement of special educational needs for the subjects.
Whilst one is unlikely to hear the term, "retarded" these days, having suffered from "arrested development of the brain" is a condition of one of the routes to disability living allowance.
... presumably now that children as school with problems are called 'special needs'.
This horrid phrase, which was introduced as a euphemism, is derived from the issuing of a statement of special educational needs for the subjects.
Whilst one is unlikely to hear the term, "retarded" these days, having suffered from "arrested development of the brain" is a condition of one of the routes to disability living allowance.
